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Meditatio — Ezra Pound	When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs I am compelled to conclude That man is the superior animal. When I consider the curious habits...	332,733 views Rate it
it's easier than a month and a month — Markesh Dickinson	Looks like plastic bags. Is Windil coming back? Listen, the paper is thin Do you like karate at home? Are you buried Shouts 6 feet, but no one hears ...	22,968 views Rate it
Listless Mind — Zeenat Fatma	I wasn’t able to comprehend what was happening to me and the air of melancholy that was wrapped around me Everything was in accordance but still, my...	14,565 views Rate it
The Bustards Egg — Longerfellow	Behind me. Frozen Military issued hands down my military issued trousers This is no military issue for me! Chew the fat (grit) of horror,...	9,205 views Rate it
Reason, Season, or Lifetime — Anon	People come into your life for a reason, A season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will Know what to do for that person. When someone is...	8,076 views Rate it
Taxi man — Peter Huang	road i cannot drive on the apartment cannot prolong the tires forever enveloped, and the enginge rusted in the molden insides of the blizzard....	7,938 views Rate it
I'm Just Here So I Don't Get Fined — Ian Bair	I love the way words can mean something I mean when they're put together that is Well not even then... A sentence is a social construct A sentence is...	6,486 views Rate it
WINSOME INSIGHT — Zeenat Fatma	Oh so well! Your heart desires of me You painted me so well on a canvas All those dripped paints on the floor and those dried up paint-brushes, ...	5,674 views Rate it
The Hollow Men — T. S. Eliot	I We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are...	5,092 views Rate it
gallery galore — Danila Kozyrev	owl and swan were close friends owl emptied the blubber lamp over her white dress and the raven was born a raven saw a swan and strongly desired...	2,035 views Rate it
Academic Validation — Destiny Van Meter	I’ve been staring at my computer screen For 3 hours now, And my eyes kind of sting. There’s pencil shavings everywhere, And far too many tabs open, ...	1,942 views Rate it
The Cleaning lady — A J C	Now you understand. You come over and knock on my door to clean and mop the floor, clean me, and feed me in my time of need, then you leave and go away...	1,475 views Rate it
The Lost Book of Love — Gerald Logie	She was the book, he never read the untold story... others said The rarest book, of any kind pages written, from heart and mind This wondrous book she...	1,338 views Rate it
Waiting at the Door — Aiden-Micheal James Murray	I was just a pup when we first met, You loved me from the start, You picked me up and took me home and placed me in your heart. Good times we had...	1,312 views Rate it
The Maiden of my Heart and Soul — TwilightTraveler	The Maiden of my heart and soul- by: TwilightTraveler A fire burns within. Full of passion,love and...	1,244 views Rate it
The Immeasurable Measure of Alchemical Measure — Karl Constantine FOLKES	PREFACE: “Double, double, toil and trouble. Let our passions burn and bubble. From this dust and soil of stubble. Cleanse us now of all the rubble.” ...	1,214 views Rate it
Portrait of an Artist — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Posed in a picture frame Portrait of an artist Inquisitively fixed Focused, reading a book Silhouette of silence Vested in red jacket Knees...	1,212 views Rate it
You stole my heart and soul. — A J C	You stole my mind and soul. My mind is yours. So you decide whether I should sit, stand, cry, or die. You don't have to run or hide. I used to see...	1,181 views Rate it
The Child as Son Becoming Father of the Man — Karl Constantine FOLKES	PRELUDE: THE EARTHLY DOMAIN OF MAN From the Lake District poet Wordsworth’s “Father of the Man,” to the universal Father of...	1,162 views Rate it
Mother, Teacher, Hero — Jesse Pomponio	What is there to say about a mother If you need support there is no other When if your cold she’ll tuck your covers And If your lonely she’ll be your...	1,082 views Rate it
The Fool. — A J C	The Fool If I had nothing, would you still love me? If I was a liar, would you set me on fire? If I were a fool, could I still learn the...	1,046 views Rate it
The friend I never knew. — A J C	The friend I never knew. As I walk through the cemetery for my daily exercise, everything is quiet and silent, but the summer breeze blows on my...	1,038 views Rate it
Absence — Gina Madeya	Absence Your absence is silence that screams to be heard like re-reading a sentence but not grasping one word. The blandness of white needing...	1,038 views Rate it
And a fire is lit — Mark cloutier	The future is past While the day lasts It then is cast As a light into the dark As colors spark And a fire is lit Before the moon Covers the sun Like a...	1,035 views Rate it
The Trap of Rejection — Kari Michele Chrichlow	It’s such a pretty sight How it’s happened all my life Formed my beauty, thoughts, intellect, My compassion for others, Super heightened sensitivity...	1,025 views Rate it

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